we do the talk(s) for you

Talking about puberty can be awkward, but it doesn’t have to be. These conversations are key to raising safe and healthy kids. We speak to a range of audiences — schools, corporate settings, and at private events — delivering reliable science in relatable ways. Bewildered adults become empowered guides and tween + teen audiences go from cringing to cracking up.

Keynotes

Keynotes and classroom-based talks run 45-60 minutes, followed by 15-30 minutes of Q+A. View detailed information of our offerings in this downloadable PDF. These are our most popular talks.

This Is So Awkward

Covers the history of modern puberty, how the experience has changed, and how to
talk about it with kids ranging from 8 to 18.

The Talk” Is Now Hundreds

Research-based, relatable strategies for talking to kids about everything from
body and brain changes to mood swings, mental health, privacy, porn, screen time, and sex.

Health + Sex Ed Today

How to talk to kids about everything from health and wellness to fad diets and
supplements to sex and drugs given a rapidly changing landscape and widespread misinformation.

They Did What?!

Understand how brain development and hormones connect to decision-making, moods, healthy relationships, and more. It turns out, we can all hack our brains, even when they’re immature.

Where we’ve been and where we’re going

AMLE
Athenian School
Bedford Playhouse
Berkeley Carroll School
Brain’s On
Brawerman Elementary School
Brearley School
Brentwood School
Bronxville School
Campbell Hall
Cal Psychiatry
Center For Connection
Center for Early Education Children’s Hospital LA
Collegiate School For Boys
Colony Club
Crestview Preparatory School
Crossroads School Cycle Collective LLC
Dalton School
Dwight Englewood School
El Marino Language School
Georgetown Day School
Go Girls Oakland/ St.Paul’s
Greenhills School
Hackley School

Heard in Rye
JCC Mid-Westchester
John Thomas Dye School
Kaiserman Philly JCC
Kent Denver School
Kent School Maryland
Lede
Lycée Français de San Francisco
Mamaroneck School District
Marin Country Day School
Marlene Meyerson JCC
Meadowbrook School
Meta
Metairie Park Country Day School
Momentous Institute
Morgan Stanley
Mountain View Los Altos Speaker Series
Nightingale-Bamford School
Paul Revere School
Pluralistic School One
Polytechnic School
Pressman Academy
Riverdale Country School
Rodeph Sholom School

Ross School
Rye Country Day School
Scarsdale School
School Speakers Alliance of LA hosted by Viewpoint School
SEMPRA
Sexuality Summit at Campbell Hall
Sidwell Friends School
Sierra Canyon School
St. Andrews Episcopal School
St. Anne’s Belfield School
St. Luke’s School
St. Patrick’s School
St. Thomas Episcopal School
The Brentwood School
The Parent Venture
The Willows School
The York School
Unlikely Collaborators HQ
Westside Neighborhood School
Wildwood School
Winsor School
YPO International Parents Forum
Zibby’s Bookstore

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